Woodridge, NY 12789 Frost Dates
Frost dates for Woodridge, NY, ZIP 12789
Typically, the last spring freeze lands around 05/07, roughly 252 days out. The first fall frost typically arrives around 10/07, about 152 frost-free days later.
The USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map puts Woodridge in Zone 6a (-10 to -5°F average annual minimum); frost dates are NOAA's 1991-2020 station normal, not this year's forecast.
What to do before the first frost
Zone 6a around Woodridge has about 6 weeks left before the first fall frost — that's the usual window to get a cold frame up if you want to keep harvesting past it.
Why 05/07 isn't a guarantee
05/07 is the middle of 30 years of NOAA records, not a promise. Plant by 04/25 and you're betting against frost in roughly 9 years out of 10. 05/22 is the safer bet, historically only a 1-in-10 chance of frost that late.
How Woodridge compares
About 152 days separate Woodridge's last and first frost, putting it 34,844 of 40,283 ZIP codes nationally. Within NY, it ranks 1,511 of 1,951.
Learn more
the frost range explains how to read the range around Woodridge's dates instead of trusting one, and local microclimates explains what one yard in Woodridge can differ from the 12789 normal.